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its financial obligations by the bankrupt kingdom
la Inevitable. The two Emperors have dragged
the European Powers behind them in a campaign
of diplomacy almost aa,farclca, as the burlesque
military campaign of the Greeks, and in the end
the Sultan alone is master of the revels. Mean?
while, France Is irritated by evidence that tho
value of her own alleglance with Russia has
greatly diminished, and England is completely
isolated and powerless in a momentous crisis.
Public opinion In two European cruntrles will
be preoccupied With domestic politics and Jubilee
rejoicings during the diplomatic negotiations In
the East. The Law- of Association Amendment
bill introduced In tho PltaBStM Chamber yester?
day empowers the police to take measures which
may imperil every Independent political move?
ment and paralyze free speech. The text of tho
measure shows thttt the Emperor la controlled
by Junker advisers and has recklessly challenged
what is regard id as th^ German birthright, lib?
erty of assembly. The bill has caused great ex?
citement and Indignation in Berlin and other
Socialist entres, and little else will be talked
about by Germans until it la amended or de?
feated.
In England politics arc nt the lowest possible
ebb. The Employers' Liability bill, which is
based on the German system of Insurance against
accidents, has received th?; support of the trades
unions, and the Ubsrals will hardly venture to
SBJKfCSS it. The debates aro so dull and listless
that the House is electrified when Mr. Chamber?
lain springs to the rescue of the Foreign Prison
Made Goods bill and attempts to convict Mr.
James Bryce and other Libera] leaders of carry?
ing water on both shoulders. Even South Africa
has ceased to interest politicians, although the
close of the Inquiry is still a long way off.
The remarkable rise of Rand shan s after a
lons-continv.ed decline is tho plainest possible
proof that the political flurry has ended with
the repeal of the Alien Immigration act. Ths
Kaflir Speculators have taken heart, and the
bears, so long in control of tho market, have
euddenly Ken caaght and well equsesed.
There is really only one subject now before th* j
English public, and It is neither political nor
controversial; it li the approach of the Jubiles
celebration. Tho press is filled With details of
official arrangements and preparations f< r ths
patriotic festival. Grand stands and temporary
balconies are now under construction In the
pn'aoe yard at Whitehall. In Piccadilly, and all
alon?, the route, although the parade will not
occur for five weeks. The National Gallery has
an usrly timber frint. and St. Paul's is Ranked
With hideous platforms. Rumors of carpenters' j
strikes r.nrt a corner In lumber have Induced !
the vestries and private speculators to disfigure j
the streets a long tune in advance of Jubilee '
week. The conversation In cluba and West End !
houses turns upon th-> sine;-? pivot of the Jubilee j
c?l?bration, with ths prices paid for windows !
and open-air seats, achemes of decorating street i
fronts ami illuminating buildings, cou't balls j
and great parties, the rise In provisions, the '
scarcity of .servants, especially butlers, and the ?
probable liai of honors tin?; di corattons, if poll- j
tics nrc dull, ?t,<l Mr. Arthur Bslfour more In?
dolent than aver, it is Juhllci? Year, and ths
Qneea commands the undivided attention of her
t-ubjects if European diplomacy be discredited,
and six Powers an- following meekly behind the
Suiran's triumphal car, it is the Queen's year,
and there must be no discordant note 0f war in
the Te ri?u-n in front of Bt Paul's.
Another excellent town show for Jubilee Tear
has been opened in Grafton Gallerle?-. it
!? aa exhibition of dramatic and musical art,
comprising paintings, miniatures, engraving*;,
prints, playbills and relics. Sir Henry Irving is
the chief organizer of this Interesting collection.
Maurice Gran's opera season at Covent Garden
opened under disadvantageous condltlona, many
fingers being hoarse owing to the Inclement
weather. The performances have steadily Im?
proved during the week, but both audiences and
critics are captious and censorious, and find It
difficult to admit that Sir Augustus Harris can
bave a successor in London. The new tenor from
Purls, Dopeyron, was well received last night.
John Hare had a royal welcome to-night at the
Court Theatre in "A Hobby Horse," and William
Gillette's "Secret Service" was performe J for the
first time at the Adelphl Theatre by his Ameri?
can company. The attempt to present on the
London stage a story of the American Civil War
failed in the case of "Alabama" a year ago, but
to-night's venture has begun more hopefully.
Indeed, Us SUCOSOS was unmistakable In all re?
spects. The play interested a critical audience,
?auspicious of American wares, and was received
with genuine enthusiasm. Mr. Gillette ma-le a
Kraceful speech, which was greeted with cheers.
The American Ambassador was present.
I. N. F.
0'coxy ell's memory honored.
the anniversary of his death OBSERVED at
THE IRISH COLUDO! IN ROME.
Borne, May Ik?The anniversary of the death of
puni)-! O'Connell. w!,o died on May 15. 1SK. et
Genoa, was obscrvi d tO-day by a requiem mass
celebrated at the Irish College, a draped cata
falque, bearing the .ums of O'Connell and Ire?
land and th.i ereci figure of an angel with a scroll
bed "Emancipation," wer? placed nein- ths
a.tar. Cardinals vaugfcan and BatoIlL several
Jri?b end English Bishops nmi tho PUp.lS of tho
BngHeh-speaking colleges In Keine, wero present.
Bishop Keane, formerly rector of the, <'au>ciic
University in Washington etui now Bishop Assis?
tant et the Pontifical Thron?, delivered the
funetai oration.
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FRANCE HAS TROUBLE 117777 MOROCCO.
TBOOFS m.vs.sud ON TUB mONTIKR TO R?PK?
RAIM INTO AUiBRIA?I?OBTIBO WBFQKtWD.
Par!.*, May 15 ? Th? re are Indications of the pos?
sibility of MrlOUS trouble between France and
?Morocco, owing to the incursions of Moorish tribes?
men into Alptcri in territory. These Moors. It ap?
pears, recently revolt? l against the authority of
th? Governor "of l ludida, a town near the French
frontier, and on Tuesday the Insurgents attempted
to seize m\ Algerian village,
The latest news from the scene o? the disturbance
is that a column of French cavalry Is being massed
on the frontier of Morocco and two companies of
zouaves and a number of tirailleurs, with several
field pieces, have been ordered to bold themselves
in readiness to leave oran, tbe port of Algeria near?
est to Morocco.
A rumor Is also in circulation to the efTect that
a squadron of Spahis, Arabian cavalry in the
French service, has been surprised by the Moors
near Maghnia, who tired several v. Heys nt the
Spahls. killing or wo'.tn'lliiR thirty of th?rn. Tho
commander or the Bpabla was wounded.
A LITTLE DIFFICULTY WITB PERU.
UUA AND CAI.?.AO PAMSM DSMAMB THA8
?"LARK'S EXKQUATl'R P.E CAMCBLUBD.
Lima, Peru, via (J.ilvi stcn, Tex., May 18.?The
Government of the United Stft'e?-; bas a little un?
pleasantness to attend to In this part of tho world.
Bmetto Clark, tho United States consular agent at
Piura, capital of the Peruvian Department of that
name, has published a statement i:. the j i wspapers
saying that his office has been sa k? d. and that lm
fiortant documenta, money and other valuable?
iave been stolen. The prefect of police dented this,
and said that the enly Miaute anadV was thai of the
furniture.
Tho newspapers of I.tma and fallno now demand
that tl.? Peruvian <iov?;riim':it cancel tho exequa?
tur of Mr. Clark
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LEADING TOPIC* OF BERLIN.
Ttprii?. May it>.
Tin: EMPEROR'S visit NEAR METZ.?During
his sojourn at the Chateau Urvllle, near ateta, thi.*
week, Emperor William was present ?<t s big sham
fight lr. the district Of QravelOtt* and Moulina.
Baverai divisions were engaged. During the opera?
tions snow fell fast, bul tbe Emperor, th? Empress
and Prince Adalbert, the thir.i ?on of their majes?
ties, wetched ths military movements throughout
on horseback Without ?/raps, The Emperor also ln
spected the sites in the vicinity of ateta whers a
number of n sw advanced forts will be built. He
Insisted 1:: on- instance on a change of location.
His Majesty, on his way to Wiesbaden, paid a short
vlsii to Strasburg to-day. The church bells were
p< tied and salvo? ol artillery were fired. He was
elved a1 the railroad Minion by Prince Hohen
lohe-Langrnburg, Governor of Alsace-Lorraine,
wh3 was accompanied by the Princess. Tbe i.n
?>. !.?!? and the Empress were heartily cheered by
the people, and were escorted ;.> the Governor's
palace by a detachment of mounted rules, tha Em
l>{ ror driving with Prince Mohenlohe?Langenburg
end the Empress <.pying the same can. ? as
Prince?? llohenlohe-Eangenburg. After luncheon
their majmtlea proc* .j.u t.. Wiesbaden.
WAR ?EC'HETfl SOLD TO THE FRENCH.?A
nigh treason triai ?n the Imperial Court at Letpslc
this week brought out a number ..f sensational de?
tail?. Depot Mastsr Meinecke, of th? artillery of
Metz, was shown to have been for years past In
does connection with French spies, and especially
With the Fren-h Pollen Commissioner Ismrrt and a
eoa! dealer named Hanne, of MontJgny, to whom
Melnecke sold ail sorts of valuable material, such
as tyjics of DOW Shells, fuses, bullets used with tho
new rifle, and lists of the plans tor equipment and
mobilisation. Meine? k^ made enough money by this
m- ana to n tira recently from the army and live on
tho proceeds of his rascality. He was sentenced to
six years and three months at hard labor, with loss
of civic honor.-' for left years. Two of the witnesses
agalnet Melnecke were high officers of the Ministry
of War. who obtained proofs of his guilt through a
Paris corresponden;.
COLOGNE'S MEMORIAL OF WILLIAM I?It I?
nor/ definitely sett'.ed that tha Emperor will attend
the unveiling of tho monument to his grandfather
at Cologne on June IS ss th? guest of that city.
Great fetes havo be?n pinned for the occasion,
ai.' His Majesty will utilize It to deliver an Im?
portant speech.
BISMARCK LOSING FLESH.- Prince Bismarck
lost twenty pounds in weight during his last ni?
ne??, and Dr. Bchwenlnger, nls physician, ha? or?
dered him to take the waters a* Oastelfl this sum?
mer.
AGITATION FOR A BIGGER NAVY?Roth th?
bills proposed by th-- Imperial chancellor, Prince
Hohenlohe, one reforming tho right of association
ar.d the other reforming the military trials pro?
cedure, are understood to have secured imperial
approval, and tho Cabinet crisis Is considered to
havo b'-en adjusted for the time. Tho Reichstag
find Diet, however, will hardly pass these, hims
ur.-s this session, being tired out and anxious to
adjourn at the end of the comln?; week. Besides, In
the Diet (he bills will lend to violent opposition
owinr: to ?h? agreement reached between tho Em?
peror and ths officers of Hie German colonial So?
ciety, by Which Duke Ali.recht of Mecklenburg,
tho president of that organization, at the annual
meeting on June 1.', at Munich, will pass a reso?
lution tc launch a thorough agitation throughout
Germany in favor of enlarging !;..? German Navy,
the aim being t,. < iual i:. strength th- navy of
Russia and to have a navy two-thirds the size of
thai of Prance. Mass-meetings f..r this purpose
will bo organist 1 everywhere. Th.. press will be
Utilised, atal it will tx further proposed to make
tlie naval appropriations of the Reichstag Quin?
quennial, lik- the:.- of tho army. Several politi?
cal meetings on the subject have already been i?. id.
one of them being at Ruedeshelm, at' which the
abovo pr.grammo was adopted.
AMERICAN PRODUCTS ATTACK ED.-Oount
von Prsnkenberg has made a violent attack on
American oleomargarine and its maker? in the
Upper House of tho Prussian Diet, declaring "the
stuff Is poison and unfit for human food." The
Federation of Manufacturers lias s<-nt a sharp
protest to tic" Prussian Minister of Commerce
Herr Brefeld, warning him against sending objecta
to tho Philadelphia Museum. They ergo, tha? la
\l<\v of the Dinjzley bill. Americans merely wish
to Imitate German models.
AMERICAN ARTISTS IN THE VAN.-At the
international arts esaeattlea ?t Dresden tho Ameri?
can painters by Universal consent lend a'.i others
Messrs. Me'.cbers, Hitchcock, Brldgeman and Week?
are specially strong.
THE TIDE OP EMIGRATION. -The steerage
rates from Stettin to New-York have been raised
to 130 marks. The stream of emigrants passing
through the station tl Ruhleben, near Spandau,
averages WO daily. There ar.. fewer Russian
Hebrews lhan formerly. The emigrants are mostly
nti from Ruthenia and Galicia, destined chiefly
lor Canada.
SUICIDE OF AN' AMERICAN GIP.E- Miss Filth
Danouart, nn American governess, cjmmittcii sui
c! I? :<: Wiesbaden on Wednesday by shooting her
jeif throueh tho heart. The motive for her self
destruction u supposed to bs the faltare of the Bank
o.* Anilla, where .-?? ? s p: her savings,
PERSONAL NOTES.- F W. Klckbusch, the
United States Com ?i at Stettin, w.13 married on
Tuesday to Miss Katharine Hegen, a grandchild of
the famous German ;>njr. The Fnlrej simm Am
ha asador. Edwin P. Uhl; the Secretary ,.f thi Unit? :
States Bmbsssy, John B, Jackson, and Mrs. Jack?
son din..; with 'ii?- Imperial Chancellor on Wednes?
day. Mrs. I'iil has gob? to Paris. Herben Q
Sijuip's. .s.cond Secretary of the United Btatej Em
bass) hers, is seriously 1.1. It;.ron von Btumm-Hal
berg, tl.o former intimate friend .f Emperor Will
lam, has publicly announced thai he will nut be a
can?idii'e for rs^sloctlon 10 the Reichstag nex: year.
A GIFT VIEWED WITH SUSPICION.?While
Baaperor William's telegram to President Fauri?
expressing sympathy with tho families of the vlo
thus of the fire mads nn excellent Impression, he
made a fsiSS step In Contributing 10,100 frar s t ,
the reib f fund, as hij so-called patronage is greatly
rc*ent{.i arid has elicited anti-German articles
from a large section of the French press, which is
?ueplclous of the motive of the gift. The "Matin"
vcrmly protests SgSlnst any Franco-Germ:, n rao
pro-ncment bnseii i.pon Emperor William's gift,
nhl 1 it ruar?s ?s n bid for Preach* support
! ? . : ilr !t Hrltcin in South Afrl ?,.. declaring
thai ?' ... ?? has no reas in to hamper Great Britain
: . t m quarter, and congratulating M. Hanotaux,
me French Minuter for foreign Affairs, apon re?
fusing i. g rmany support i:i exchange for Qer
11!.', support la Egypt. The "SolelF" snd the
"Rappel publish similar articles. Ths "Plgai .."
on !!?? other hand, says '' do--? not I. ?i. .?? i>,- .
William ?.-rit the gift simply to prepare for iilo
visit to the Paris Exhibition of 3?'. adding; "He
to assure Germany, !?>? fh? hegemony of
i .iii,.;,?? Bui >!??. in the face of the reel ./r*
world, that a great colonial empire p* indlspeni
hi.? to tr..- development or i ?r Ind us try. His tit. ?
Htep i* '?> reeonouei pacifically Paris, w..i u bis
grsbdfather tuuli by aruu."
THE JUBILEE PROGRAMME.
Till-; QUEEN WILL VISIT SCOTLAND BEfORK '
THF. FESTIVAL IN LONDON.
London, May la The Queen will leave Windsor
Cnstlo on Friday, May :. for Sheffield. Then,? ihi
will Journey to Scotland, arriving el Balmoral on
May tt The Court will remain al Balmoral until
Juno lk returning to Windsor In time for ths Jubi?
les celebration.
The r,-w days which the Queen passed In tows
i--ave a great Impetus ??> the season. The crowd!
which assembled whenever Hei Majesty drove oui ;
exceeded all records in points of numbers.
The Queen seems remarkabli well, and tab s th<
greatesl lateresl in the preparations being mad< to
celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. Her outlnga a i
not confinad to driv?s i.i the park, bul la ss ?
landau, with postilions end an equerry on either
sido of her carriage, she drove down the Tbanei
Embankment almost to ths City and tbi >ugl
Trafalgar Square, the Ha: market ai d other streets
not often frequented by the soverel D ring he:
drives MM i.m; ? i ? ?>:'? dark ? .lacles.
The Drawing Room o-i Tuesday lasl nt Bucking?
ham Palace was the me;.: largely attended and ths
aaoet brilliant which ths Queen has held since UW
Contrary to her custom for rears past. Queen Vic?
toria HOI only received the atemben of the DIplO
inatio corps, but remained for ov-r an bou
ostving the pen?Tal crowd, au the Amertt ins pre
sented, much to their delight, were personally re?
ceived by the Queen, nml Her Majesty was es?
pecially gracious to Mrs. Hay. Wife of the United
States Ambassador, Colonel John Hay, and to MlM
Hay.
Tlio festivities mapped out for the Jubiles havr
now received the Queen's sanction. They will begin
on June ?to. ths dato of Her Majesty's acoeeston to
the throne slaty years ago, with a reilgtous servies
at Krogmore, Windsor, the? sit?, of the mausoleum
erected to tho memory o? tho Prince Consort and
the Queen'? mother, the Duchess of Kent. The
Queen end ths royal family will be present,
'o? the Monday following, June ji, the Court
will nevo in semi-state to London, and that even?
ing there will be ? banquet at Buckingham palace
In honor of the royal guests. It wili be followed by
a reception for the members of the Diplomatie
Corps and the spe.ial envoya
i lu Tins lay. June 22, the roya', procession through
the streets of London will be the great feature of
the day, iind it will bs followed by illuminations ut
night.
on Wednesday. June 23, there will be a gardi n
party at Buckingham Palace, to which thousands
have be.n Invlti a.
Tho Court on Thursday, June "i, will move |g
semi-state to Windsor. Troops will line ths route
to PaidSlngton Station. Her Majesty will len\ >
the train at Slough, ar.?l win drive with an escort
of the Llf<> Guards, by way of Eton, to Windsor.
taking this route ni order to enable the boy? of
the Eton public school to receive Her Majesty.
on Friday there will be another royal Banquet,
this time at Windsor Castle, und on Saturday the
naval review will ink?; place at Bplthead, which
tho Queen will not attend, much to the regri I of
the Navy, especially as Her Majesty will attend
the Duke of Connaught'a review of the troops at
Aldersiiot on Jane -'.'.
In connection with the Jubilee nil the Queen's
servants aro to be provided with new and costl)
uniforma.
MAY MOB THE SULTAN'S PON.
HIS PRESEjrCBJ IN" TH1 JUBILEE PBOCKS8IOM
UKELT TO CAUSI TROUBLE.
London, May Ik?The Sultan Intends to Fen:I his
son, Mohemmed-Sellm Prfftwdl. to represent him at
the Queen's Jubilee, If the Hult;in carries out Ids
intention it is moro than |lk?ly that there will
bo semo exciting scenes during tho procession
through ths streets of London. The Liberal papers
are furious at the suggestion, and 'The Daily
Chronic,." protests against the "desecration of
the Queen's peace:,-! festival by tbo presence, o?
the representative of murder."
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TO EMI LATE Tlii: COLUMBIA.
BRITISH CRUISER POWERFUL TO MAKE A TEST
RUE TO Tins PORT AND RETURN.
London, May 15.-It I* reported that the British
cruiser Powerful, said to be the largest cruiser In
the world, will shortly !,?? aenl on a full-power rur.
to New-York and back, ht emulation cf the run of
the United States cruiser Columbia. The Powerful
is a first-clam cruiser, of h.l-oo tons and B.000 Indi
cated horse-power, Bhs Is NO feet long, ims ;i feel
beam aa,i draws ST feet. She was launched In ISN
al Barrow, and is credited with a speed of Z2
knots. Her nominal c il supply ?r- MM tons, ihs
carries a crew <" -,1 men, ami her armamen? la
c m posed of two 1.1-1 nch guns, twelve S-ln? h quiek
firing g.ins, sixteen 12-poundera, twelve 1-poundei
and son.nailer guns, She baa four torpedo
tubes and a protective deck of from three to ais
in thlckni i. The Columbia la cr?dite,! frith
a sp ?-'i of ovi r ?:.. knot-. The. Powerful i- a sister
ship of the Terrible. Her machinery weighs :,-.?
? . she has forty-elghl boilers, and there an
n srly one hundred auxiliar] engines on board "i
lur. She can discharge nearly ir..?> pounds, or
eight ions, of nu tai ?n a minute,
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.Vor WILLISQ TO ABANDOX BRYTBRBA.
RUDtXl says' ins min'istrt WILL rtr.sirjN ip
THEIR AFRICAN PQUCT IB DBTKATED.
rton:e. May Ik- ?In the chamber of Deputies to?
day PremierRudlnl declared that the Qovernment'i
piogramme In Africa was to negotiate with ?jreat
Britain for a retrocession of Kassala *. ? Egypt.
I Tho Mlnlstera dM not propose, he added, to aur
[ render other territory. Maseoush nione w-oui?i
I ho occupied by tho [tallan troopa, The reel of
Erythreo would ?"- organised under native ruiero
Boll I'd by Italy.
Premier Rudlnl ???erred that the propoeel to
abandon Maasowab, th" possession of which gave
Italy great lafiueaee U\ the regloni of th? Red Bea,
might i? id to th.? inos: aerlous International com?
plications, since the period in which the Govern?
ment programme in A,':'- i could be carried oui ^ M
uncertain.
The Government demanded a credit of 1*400,000
Um for Un-it The Oovernment, aceordlni to
Premier Rudlnl, was prepared to obey th.. dictates
o' th.- ?'?iamb? r of Deputies, but It was not dis
posed to follow a policy differing from that al?
ready mentioned. The t eblhel would not remain
In ofllca if the Chamber of Deputies expressed a
contrary opinion.
A scene of Ktciit excitement i.i the Chamber of
Deputies followed :!.?? atatementi of the Premier
Slgnor Demarlnln, on behalf of th<- Socialists, and
Blgnor Imbrl inl, on '?half of th? Radicela ?>fTt r> ?i
resolutions looking to the abandonment of Kr\
three. Blgnor Posai and others of the Right pro
j.i the withdrawal of Ihs Italian troopa from
Africa. These motion? win be discussed Monday.
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MO FIRE IX A RUSSIAN TOWS.
Si Petersburg, May if, Seventy beaaea, two
. i m ?hex and the Oovernment suOdtnga, in the beat
tan of Dorogobush. in the Province of Smolensk I
avs been destroyed by /ira ' i
WHAT LONDON TALKS ABOUT.
London. May IB.
IRISH PROPOSAL DENOUNCED. There is a
chorus of denunciation from Hie Liberal and Na?
tionalist press at the .lunotinremrnt, made tester*
day evening hy Ike I blef Secretary for Ireland.
Gerald Haifour. thai ? Regal Commission will be
appointed to Inqsirs Info the working of the Irish
La&d Commission. The members of the Opposition
accuse tbe Government <>f making an attsmpt to
Intimi.late the sub-fnr.imisslnhcrs against reducing
renta, and declare the new commission is ap
polnted solely in the landlords' interest, and that it
?in be expected to recommend relief for the land'
lords, This sop. it is explained, is given the land?
lords owing to the Government being alarmed at
their joining the Nationalists on the question of
the Unsocial relations between Great Britain end
Ireland.
MINISTER TOWER in LONDON.?Charteasagae
Tower, tho new Doited Stales Minister to Austria
Hungary, visited ths Amsrlcan Embassy hero to?
day.
AMERICANS TO BE PRESBNTEO.-Ths United
Slates Ambassador. Colonel John Hay, will present
his secretary. Spencer Eddy, of Chicago, in the
diplomatie circle at the levee which the I'rlnce of
Wales will hold In l.< half of the Queen at St.
Ji mes*s Palace on Tuesday next. In the general
circle Colonel Hay will present Leslie Cotton, ?). L.
Taylor and George port, r, all of New-York; Georgs
Gilpln, of Philadelphia, and the staff of the United
St;;tes Embassy.
AN ARM? INQUIRY.? A majority of the news
I-.-p. is, led by "The Times." are favorable to Lord
Dunrsve?'s motion, made in the House of Lords
yesterday evening, asking for an Inquiry into the
stories of contagious diseases among the soldiers of
the British army in India and the effect upon the
popula ;i.m of India. HIS Lordship adduced ;i
powerful argument, quoting figures from the report
mad? this year by the committee. Lord Roberts, of
Csndahar, who was commander-ln-chlef of the
slty for an Inquiry.
Ths Burl ol Onslow. Parlismentary Secretary for
the India Office, .1 ked Lord Dunraven, who Is also
? Conservative, nol to press the motion, as the
Government thought the new measures which
would ?? Immediately taken, based upon a draught
of thi Cantonment Regulations from the Viceroy of
India, the Bari of Elgin, would mosl likely ??train
the ol |ecl desired, Tht debate will be resumed on
Mi
IMBRICAN COMPETITION HURTS,?AI th?* j
, iuuI meeting of th? iron and Steel Institut?
this v.. R Am? r' ;"1 competition was one of the
chief points of dis. usslon. Prestdeat Prltehard
Mm ? . ipoke ?.!' ti.. enormous output of the ie.nl
COWARDLY PRENCHMEN.?The inquiry ?"to
', lire at the Charit] Basaar, Paris, on May 4 la >.
lias beei followed with the keenest interest In
?rlstecratk clrelea at the Prencb capital. This has
!.. a especial!) the case with g." evidence throw?
ing lifhl up..u tic' cowardly 1 ?nducl of many of
th" men. The examining Judge, M. Bertulus,
minutely investigated lb? circumstances, ami it is
,?*-. 11. 1 that 1 :. ? :..,.:?.-, ..I' .11.1:.: n.. 11 crtlllty of
brutal cowardice arc known, and that they will
never again be admitted into Parla society, Mme.
??..n. ??:. who dlstlngulshod ben? if by making
.-?vera' heroic attempts to rescue her daughter,
who subsequent!) e caped, says it is quite true
thai -? \ t : young men, three ?.:? four of whom are
known, behaved miserably. Mm?. Raffaell is the
wife ?? m .ban Raffaell, the painter, A friend of
Dr. Feuraj'd, who died while rescuing a woman
from the flames, declares that three of his female
friends wen struck hy men. On? vornan, who is
dying, was standing, and holding a ladder which
had been lei down from th.' offices of "La Croix."
paper, when a ?nan. in order to make her
releas? he hold, struck her hand with his walk
tick, breaking ..il <>f her fingers. Another ac?
count, however. ; iva she was paralysed with ter?
ror end v 1a?? blocking the exit M, Achille Poule,
a banker, .-ays that two men, whose names are
known, pe sed h\< wife, and one of them struck
her In the face, A member of the Ladies' Com?
mittee asserts Cet a gentleman who Is being held
up b) the newspapers to public admiration was seen
Slashing rlghl aid left with a stick at worn, n who
were standing in his way. The "Temp?,'' in an
article on "Masculine s. Inshness," comments upon
t'n.'s-- statements and on what it describes as "stu?
pid ami sham, fid conduct" of tiie students of the
Pine Art 1 s. hool, who mad a disorderly manifesta?
tion on Friday evening (rain I the decision of the
Government 10 admli women 10 certain classes.
Tin- police had to protect the girls.
1'!,?? sequence of Hi* Paris tit.- is th" closing of
numbers of small theatres and caf?-chantant?,
The Paints de Glace is also cloaed. A majority of
the Paris th atres are really flretraps, and nerd
structural changes, Even the stalls of the Opera
House at1.- not safe, owing to egress from them be?
ing Obstructed by additional splits. The "Figaro"
Relief Kino reached the sum of 1 i;s!is'.> fran :s to?
day, and tir.- "Rappell's" reached 307,933 francs.
Mil. LEHMAN'S GIPT.?Ob Wednesday the
Prince of w.u. 1 \i rjted Oxford, where he opened tbe
new municipal buildings and also four 100ms given
to tie- Sarah Acland Horn? by Rudolph Lehman
in memory ..f his friend, th? famous oarsman, H.
1:. Cotl .n, of M igdalen College. The friendship be
tween Mr. Lehman, who Is now coaching the Ilar
vard College 1 row in Anierl ?., .nul Mr. Cotton, who
prompted the rift, was strong, Cotton, who was
the s m of an English Judge, was ote. of the best
known amateur oarsmen in Bngland during ?iis
1 illi ' ?? days, having rowed in four winning Oxford
??;?' ws, ano .ci two . cessions having I* en a member
.if :?,.. winning Leander crew at Henley. Later,
when Cotton was sefcsed with pneumonia and con
s imption, whit h result?.1 in death, he was attended
by Mr. Lehman. During his Illness Cotton was con?
fined in the Sarah Acland Home, hence tin- memorial
In his honor no*? forma a wing of that Institution.
Th? visit of tie- Prince of Wales to oxford resulted
in t tumult smong the students There were nu?
mero ? (Ii ht; between Town and Gown, and many
of both parties were arrested and lined.
DUKE OP MARLBOROUGH HONORED.?Th?
Duke of Marlborough has been elected Chancellor
of tiie Primrose League
TACHTING NOTES. -Yachting prospects are
dull Neither th? Alias nor the Britannia will sail
in the earlier regattas where Emperor William's
Meteor will be tbe sola representative of tic bis;
? .?.it'.. Ogden Goelet'B new steam yacht Mayfl wei
lias t-i ? .iplcted m extensive series of truth on
th,- Clyde, .;,i is being fitted out luxuriously. She
will be >?.1 f..r sea in a few weeks. The Clyde
bank Comps v M row building a sister vessel fir
Robert Goelet.
A PRINCELY CRICKETER. The sensation of
w. g 1:1 sporting . :f. Ii has been the wonderful
cricket played by tiie Indian Prince RanJItslnhJI at
Lords on Ihursday, wh< n he made 280 rune against
some of Hi- best bowl rs In Bngland, He was at
lb? Wl Set for four hours and twenty mlnuti ?.
PRAISING 'IHK PRINCE.?Th? Prince of Wales
11 been busy during the week. His visit to Mr.
. ????, a- Hawardi n, with th.- Prln ?ss ..f Wales
and l':1, ?-? Victoria, on Monday has attracted
' ? ipprovlng comment. "Th.- Dally New-" re
marl 'i' one more sign <>f th.- generous
A TO THE RESCUE.
n W!im a Newfoundlsnd dog plunges into the
m, watet tad Bares a drowning child, everj oae hr.s
a word of prai e fot the no
bl ? anima'.. There is a
rravct danger than '.hu (.f
drowning that menaces
childhood It is a ('langer
front which every prospec?
tive mother may save her
1 C c-~- ?' ???????
rhc threatening dar.i et i- that baby will he weak.
puny and sickly, and come into the world ?rlth i!'.-'
ceda of disease am' death already Implanted in its
little body Health cannot he bom of -;ii health,
Tii- child born of 1 mother who is ?afJerinf from
weakness and disease of the feminine organs is con?
demned upon the very threshold of lift- to suffering
<li*ea*e and death. Dr. Pieree's Pavorite Prescrip?
tion fits a woman for motherhood and insures a
healthji baby. Thousands of women who were cither
childless or whose children had all died iababyhood
blcsa the "Pavorite Prescription" for the fact that
they .ne now the happv mothers ()f healthy children
The medicine dialer who says he has something
else "ju-t as ?,,.,.; ? ix,.., v., .?,al lu. falsifies,
Mrs. 1BO.H. loses of Petty, Lesera? Co Ps writ?-. 1
wss iMuccd to buy two bottle* ol in Pkrce'i Psvortte Ire
riptlon tosee If the nu-.h. Ine would make the coming ?>!
my baby in.,iv easy, 1 ;,.,.; ? .? children before end all
died during birth oe> shortly aftei 1 am hapm tossy thai
my eighth child (horn Haoday, Octobei j-th it ?) la living
Mid 1 Miffered uunc st all, compared with what 1 bad with
the others "
nn names, addresm ? and phc4ogfrapas of baadrrds
otweantu ?red by in. Pieree's medicine arc printed
by permis? ion in the " Peoples Common Si ose Med?
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Beery tresnan needs 1 great medical boor. Di
Tierce's Cosamos Sense Medical adviser fills this
w.nit. it contains over leoopages and mo lllustov
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TESTING AN AMERICAN INVENTION'.-On
Tuesday the Prince of Wales ?ame to Ixmdon and,
with the United States Ambassador, colonel John ;
Hay, was prese::: at the tis' of an American Inven
tlon, uninflammable wood, which is said to have
been adopted by the United Btatas Navy. I
THE BOOKSELLERS' DINNER.?Annnit the
prominent guests at the annual Booksellers' dinner,
which w.i- held last Saturday evening, were Lard
Roberts, Archdeacon B?nela I r, Anthony Hope and
Sir Henry Cunningham. \v. i-:. H. Lecky presided.
FIFTY EKIHT PERSONE KILLED.
RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT TO THE RCPSIAN
MILITARY TRAIE.
St. Petersburg, May Ik?It la officially announced
that fifty-eight persons were killed in the accident
to the military train wrecked Thursday evening
between Rockenhof and Ellva, on the Valkl-Jurjev
line, _
CRUSADE AQAISBT AMERICAN OIL.
AN OUTCRT IX LONDON ALLBOED TO EMANATE
PROM SCOTCH m>mf\\nii-:s.
London, May 10.?"The Star" Is flooding London
with startling placards announcing coming articles
on the "Standard Oil Trust," and says: "The Tarts
horrors are surpassed. Men, women and children
here are roasted sllve In order to put money into
the pocket* of the Ami rlcan trust. Rockefeller ha?
obi Ined abeol ite control of the oil trade of Crea:
Britain bj forcing retailers 'o sell the refuse oils
prohibited In America, and Is responsible for the
terrible aeries of lamp explosions."
?The Star" urges ins Oovernment to legislate in
tho matt. r.
Coneernlnc: th-> cable dispatches telling; of "The
Star's" crusade against the oil sold In Creat Brit?
ain by the Standard oil Company, a representativo
of the company said:
"This attack. I should fudge, was started by the
Scotch companies, which obtain their oil from tho
shale beds and are unable to produce it cheaply
enough to compete with the Standard's oil. a year
ago Parliamentary action ?.vas sought to shut" out
American oil, but it rail?*!, The oil s<nt by the
Standard Comnany to Great Britain isa iirst-cl.iss
oil. it would he useless to attempt to sell ?my oth? r
kind. To d > o would be to destroy the market tut
the Standard's oil. The Standard's oil is bettv i
than the Scotch oil. It Is. In fact, the best oil in
the world. The Bl indard has built up its trade by
telling the best oil at the lowest possible price."
ORIGIN OF THE PARIS FIRE DISCOVERED.
A WORKMAN CONFESSES Ti?at lit: CAUSED IT
ACCIDENT u.t.Y.
Paris, May Ik?Ths real origin of the fire nn May
: t at the Charity Baaaar, in the Hue Jean Qoujou,
seems to have been established. A man named
Betlac, an employa of the cinematograph hioth of
the r.iir. confessed yesterday evening t?> having ac?
cidentally caused the conflagration. Bellie explained
that, finding the cinematograph lamp burning badly,
? he tried to till It with ether, in order to do so be
, struck a mat.-h to enable him to see more clearly
when the vapors Ignited and instantly rprraj to the
hangings around the apparatus,
Bellac and his assistant have been set at liberty
provisionally. The Inquiry into the causo of the
dlsasti r is now <?:.
PUNBRAL OP THE DUCHESS! D*ALENCON.
Dreux, Prance, May IE Ths body of the Duchases
d'Alencon, one of th< victims of the Paris Charity
itaziir fire, arrived here to-day, accompanied by M
relatives and (rienda Including the Duchesse d'Or?
l?ans, the Comtesse de Paris and other members of
the (louse or Orleans. The Austrian. Spanish and
British Ambassadors also accompanied the body.
The body was met si the railroad station by the
clergy and muplclp.il authorities, who escorted the
-, ihe magnificently decorati I Chapel Royal.
,'? re a requiem masi was celebrated, after which
i . iv area plan I -i the crypt, where oniy the
Prench princes arc ?aid.
.4 V INDIAN WAR IS CALIFORNIA.
PIOHTINd REPORTEO AMONO I'll TK PACTIOXf
IN Till: POOTHILLS,
Callente, Cal., May IS. News has Just reached
her.? that Pluts Indiana ara si war with one an?
other near William Bhlpsey's ranch, which is in the
foothill? of Plute Mountain One Indian is reported
killed, and It is not known boa many more are
dead.
There are two small Indian villages in the I'l-.ite
range of mountains, and the Indians are divided
Into iv- i ta.-tions. TWO chiefs have beep rulers, and
it i? said th h one tribe for a veral years past has
sought to kill the other. The more Intelligent
chiefs are aald to be dead. The fleeing sou iws an l
children ol one t r 11 >? ? reported the dlfllcuity to
Bhlpsey, who fears that the weaker of the tribes
will be annihilated before a fores of militia can bo
si m to subdue the outbreak
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New-Tork tor ?upe time Mer inothsr. brother and
sister live in Broadway, thai citv.
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